CANCER OF THE PANCREAS

Benefits of graviola (soursop)
The main benefit is its quality antitumor (cytotoxic effect), alleviating the problems in people with pancreatic cancer charities Its main activities of the graviola (soursop) are, to kill cancer cells, reduce tumor growth, kill bacteria and parasites and lower blood pressure. Its main activities have is antimutagenic, elevates the immune system and destroys free radicals.
There is also evidence and testimony that graviola can be stopped at 48 hours the growth of a tumor. Among its beneficial properties we also need is Antibacterial, Antiparasitic, Antispasmodic, Astringent, febrifuge, hypotensive, sedative, stomachic, cardiotonic and vasodilator. And traditionally the people of the Peruvian people used it to combat anxiety states, depression and nervousness.

The best way to prevent pancreatic cancer is to avoid some risk factors like smoking, a diet rich in meat and fat and exposure to certain chemicals (pesticides, dyes and petroleum products). People newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer tend to respond by showing a state of shock and stress. These reactions may hinder the relationship between doctor and patient. For this reason, it is important to use the affected systems (annotations written or recorded) to remember the doctor’s and, if it deems necessary, all the questions you want to perform. The different ways of tackling the disease can include:

* Having the support of aid groups. It is also advisable that the patient contact with any of the associations devoted to advise and assist people affected by these diseases.
* Eat a balanced diet can help patients feel better, have energy to deal with treatment and coping as best as possible.
* Being immersed in a social environment (friends and family), which provides understanding and moral support.

Used four kinds of treatment:

* 1. Surgery. You can use surgery to remove the tumor. The doctor may remove the cancer using any of the following:

Whipple operation, during which removes the head of pancreas, part of the small intestine and some surrounding tissue. It leaves a sufficient portion of the pancreas to the body continues to produce digestive juices and insulin.

Total pancreatectomy, whereby the entire pancreas is removed, part of the small intestine, part of the stomach, bile duct, gallbladder, spleen and lymph nodes most of the region.

Distal pancreatectomy, which removes the body and tail of the pancreas. If the cancer has spread and can not be removed, the doctor may operate to relieve symptoms.

Biliary bypass: If cancer is blocking the small intestine and accumulates in the gallbladder bile, a clinician may divert the whole small intestine or part of it. During this operation, cut the gallbladder or bile duct and joins the small intestine.

You can also x-ray procedures to install a catheter to drain bile that has accumulated in the area. By this procedure, the doctor may drain the catheter with an external tube or catheter may go around the blocked area and drain the bile into the small intestine. Also, if the cancer is blocking the flow of food from the stomach, the stomach can bind directly to the small intestine so the patient can continue to eat normally.

* 2. Radiotherapy. Is to use high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from a machine (external radiation) or from putting materials that produce radiation (radioisotopes) introduced through thin plastic tubes in the area where cancer cells are found (internal radiation therapy).
* 3. Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy involves using drugs to kill cancer cells. It can be taken orally or administered through a needle into a vein or muscle. Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment because the drug enters the bloodstream, travels through the body and can kill cancer cells also located outside the pancreas.
* 4. Biological therapy. This type of therapy is to establish the differences between cancerous cells and normal pancreatic tissue, and then try to get the body to fight cancer. It uses materials made by the body or made in a laboratory to boost, direct or restore the body’s natural defenses against disease. Some biological therapies therapies are also known as biological response modifier or immunotherapy.
Treatment for pancreatic cancer depends on the stage of the disease is and the age and general health. The patient can follow the standard treatment, patients who participated in previous studies was effective, or choose to participate in a clinical trial that are underway that are designed to find better ways to treat cancer patients and are based on the most current information.

If you have symptoms, the doctor makes a recognition and orders tests to see if there’s cancer and determine what should be the treatment. The main diagnostic tests are:

* Ultrasound or ultrasound (sound waves are used to detect tumors).
* Computerized tomography (CT): a special type of x-ray with that obtained by computer, an image inside the abdomen.
* Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which uses magnetic waves to create an image inside the abdomen, and see if the cancer is partially blocking the blood supply to an organ not affected.
* Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Is to introduce the throat a flexible tube that passes through the stomach and reaches the small intestine. The doctor can look through the tube and inject a dye so that the area can be seen most clearly on a radiograph.
* Biopsy: Inserting a thin needle into the pancreas to remove some cells. The cells can be observed after the microscope.
* The PTCA: a thin needle is inserted into the liver through the right side and injected dye into the bile ducts of the liver so that blockages can be seen on the radiograph.
* Surgery. The doctor makes a cut in the abdomen and observe the pancreas and surrounding tissues for the presence of cancer. If a cancer does not appear to have spread to other tissues, the doctor may remove the tumor.

The first symptoms are usually abdominal pain that may radiate to the back or not, and weight loss that is barely perceptible at first. As these symptoms are usually attributed “to the colon” and “stress” patients receiving palliative care lsin any real utility and the cure rates are reduced in proportion to the time spent before making the diagnosis. Occasionally due to secondary biliary obstruction, the skin turns yellow, and often misdiagnosed as “too much consumption of carrot or other products rich in carotenoids. Also, for the same cause may appear pruritus (itching) that is falsely attributed to allergies, further delaying the diagnosis. So is the nausea and loss of appetite, often attributed to other sources. Depression is another common finding in the presence of pancreatic cancer and treated with antidepressants ending similares.La indigestion and other symptoms is gradual so vague that almost never taken into account.
Factors that increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer

1.Smoke

2.Family history of pancreatic cancer, breast and / or melanoma

3.Diet with plenty of fat and meat

4.Age between 60 and 80 years

5.More common in men than in women

6.More common in African-and Asian-Americans and Caucasians

7.Diabetes

8.Exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos, pesticides, dyes and petroleum

Pancreatic cancers have high mortality rates globally are estimated to have an overall survival around 4%. Cases with greater chance of survival at 5 years are confined to the pancreas tumor, is considered to be so when the tumor is less than 2 cm, no extension (metastasized) to lymph nodes or beyond the pancreatic capsule. In these cases, after surgery to completely remove the tumor, is estimated to survive the five years between 18 and 24% of patients. If the tumor is more widespread, survival rates are lower still, in general, a heavy majority of patients die within the first year after diagnosis of the disease.

In the United States are diagnosed each year 29 000 new cases of pancreatic cancer each year, a disease that ranks fifth in cancer mortality worldwide. This is one of the types of tumors difficult to diagnose because symptoms often appear when the disease is already too late a stage. In addition, the location of this gland prevents smaller tumors are detected during routine screening.

The pancreas gland is located in the abdomen between the stomach and the spine, and near other organs like the intestine or liver. With its distinctive pear-shaped, the pancreas is responsible for making insulin and other hormones, which reach the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body with the objective of using or accumulate for later energy from food. In addition, this gland also secretes pancreatic juices, which contain enzymes necessary to digest food.

Pancreatic tumors can be divided into two groups according to their nature, benign or malignant. The former are not cancerous, and surgeons can remove them without any problems. In fact, most of the time it reappeared again after the operation, and the cells of these tumors rarely spread beyond its initial location. In the case of malignant tumors, the gravity is greater, and the risk to the patient’s life increases. Malignant cells can invade and damage surrounding tissue, leading to ‘sneak’ into the bloodstream and even the lymphatic system. This, in charge of defending the body, is the diseased cells as a means of transport used to travel from the tumor to other parts of the body.

This expansion is what is known as metastasis. When diseased cells reach the lymph nodes, which produce white blood cells (cells or defensive) is easier than the disease reaches other nodes and tissues, such as the liver or the lungs (known as metastases). In other cases, the disease spreads to the peritoneum, the tissue lining the abdomen, in these cases is considered that the extension is local.